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but first, we go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on this developing story, breaking headline after headline today. barbara, where is general allen right now? what is his reaction to these allegations of potentially inappropriate e-mails? >> reporter: well, erin, general allen is said to be here in washington. in fact, he flew here from afghanistan, because on thursday he was supposed to have that senate confirmation hearing to become the military head of nato, all of that now on hold. sources close to general allen have told our own nick paton walsh that allen says he did not have an affair with jill kelley, a pentagon official has also said directly that general allen denies any affair, any extra marital involvement with jill kelley. but look, erin. the reality here is, defense secretary leon panetta ordered up a full-blown inspector general investigation, and a lot of people around the pentagon say leon panetta wouldn't have done that unless there was something that needed to be looked into. >> and barbara, what's you
but first, we go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on this developing story, breaking headline after headline today. barbara, where is general allen right now? what is his reaction to these allegations of potentially inappropriate e-mails? >> reporter: well, erin, general allen is said to be here in washington. in fact, he flew here from afghanistan, because on thursday he was supposed to have that senate confirmation hearing to become the military head of nato,...
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i want to go to my colleague barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent who is live on the phone. clearly this has to set off the alarm bells within the pentagon staff. >> reporter: oh, i think there is no way around it. this is huge news. that one little sentence you just read, initial indications are the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit, the north koreans had been trying for years to put a satellite in to space by all indications what they have achieved now with this orbit is doing something very close to that, if not that itself. an object that appeared to achieve orbit. the u.s. military and the intelligence community has determined that tonight, by going back through the satellite and intelligence data that they quickly collected about this north korean launch in determining they did manage to put something in to orbit. by all accounts the first time north kraen korea has been able to do this and it is what you were just talking about. did they really do it on their own or did they get some crucial technology help from some other country? >> does this
i want to go to my colleague barbara starr, our pentagon correspondent who is live on the phone. clearly this has to set off the alarm bells within the pentagon staff. >> reporter: oh, i think there is no way around it. this is huge news. that one little sentence you just read, initial indications are the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit, the north koreans had been trying for years to put a satellite in to space by all indications what they have achieved now with...
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pentagon component barbara starr has been looking into this story. and we want to warn you that some of the images that we're about to show you are difficult to watch. >> reporter: afghan soldiers, starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds, denied pain killers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things as simple as dressing changes are not done. patients become infected and they die. >> reporter: these days, a world away, skylar gellar, a retired air force doctor, tends to his tennessee farm. >> this will be kind of a little haven. >> reporter: from february, 2010 to february, 201 1, he oversaw training of afghans at the hospital. these photos were taken by his american military staff. >> there are patients that are starving to death because they can't buy the food. they have to bribe for food. they have to bribe for medicine. patients were beaten when they complained about no pain medicine or no medicine. >> reporter: and you're not supposed to wo
pentagon component barbara starr has been looking into this story. and we want to warn you that some of the images that we're about to show you are difficult to watch. >> reporter: afghan soldiers, starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds, denied pain killers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. >> things as simple as dressing changes are not done. patients become infected and they...
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"outfront" tonight, chris lawrence covering this at the pentagon. he said he was forced to stand naked in front of guards. they tried to poke some holes in that today. did they succeed? >> in some ways, erin, very much so. they got manning to admit the guards never actually ordered him to drop the blanket that was covering his body. let's back up. manning had made a crack because they had placed so many restrictions on him in confinement that if he really wanted to kill himself he could hang himself by his underwear. the guards took that seriously and that night he was stripped naked, except for a blanket. when he got up the next morning, he had to stand at parade rest. now manning had to admit today that he inferred from what the guard said that he had to drop that blanket to stand at parade rest and he admitted today they never actually said that. and, in fact, manning said that in later days, and in subsequent days, the guards always put his clothes on his food tray and he was given plenty of time to get dressed before standing. >> so one questio
"outfront" tonight, chris lawrence covering this at the pentagon. he said he was forced to stand naked in front of guards. they tried to poke some holes in that today. did they succeed? >> in some ways, erin, very much so. they got manning to admit the guards never actually ordered him to drop the blanket that was covering his body. let's back up. manning had made a crack because they had placed so many restrictions on him in confinement that if he really wanted to kill himself...
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so far we have confirmation from the pentagon, the u.s. government saying this was a failed launch, confirmation from the japanese government saying they also believe that this was a failed launch. and as we know, they were trying to avoid flying over any land, in part because that created so many problems. if i can get victor cha back right now. victor, i want to ask one thing. there was so much talk about the idea people might shoot it down if it came over their area. first of all, that's an incredibly difficult thing to do. it sounds easy, very, very hard to do. but secondly, i cannot help but think that even if this didn't work, north korea may very well say that's what happened, they shot it down. >> yeah, they may say something like that. i think you've put your finger, tom, on a very important point as we look forward, and that is that as this is reported on cnn as failing, this is a tremendous embarrassment for the regime. i mean this was supposed to be the crowning achievement as they core nate this new younger leader on the 100th
so far we have confirmation from the pentagon, the u.s. government saying this was a failed launch, confirmation from the japanese government saying they also believe that this was a failed launch. and as we know, they were trying to avoid flying over any land, in part because that created so many problems. if i can get victor cha back right now. victor, i want to ask one thing. there was so much talk about the idea people might shoot it down if it came over their area. first of all, that's an...
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. >> this happened to military families a stone's throw away from the pentagon. if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: this military wife and other of two doesn't want her face shown. cnn has also agreed not to show her children's faces or identify them by age. >> obviously, barbara, i am concerned about the privacy of my children. and then there's always the possibility of retaliation against my husband. >> reporter: it's every parent's nightmare. finding out her toddler was physically assaulted by child care workers at the ft. myer army day care center. the scandal grew to the point if the obama made an unprecedented phone call to army secretary john mac cue to express his concern. according to this fbi affidavit, this little boy and others were punched and slapped. one child was dragged across the floor. >> we thought, of all the different options, putting them in a child care facility during the day that was on a military base, that was pretty well-staffed, would be the safest, most secure environment for them. >> reporter: it all beg
. >> this happened to military families a stone's throw away from the pentagon. if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: this military wife and other of two doesn't want her face shown. cnn has also agreed not to show her children's faces or identify them by age. >> obviously, barbara, i am concerned about the privacy of my children. and then there's always the possibility of retaliation against my husband. >> reporter: it's every parent's...
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general william "kip" ward is accused of spending pentagon money on inappropriate travel expenses. among other things, barbara starr joining me live. this is a big deal, a four-star general. you would think there would be a serious microscope, especially since he sort of answers directly to the sec-def on this. >> reporter: kip ward formally retired last year as the head of africa command. went through the whole ceremony, was wished the best but never really left. this investigation into his expenses was under way. what we now know is the inspector general has presented the findings to defense secretary leon pennetta. [ it's l gagss of imappropriate use of his military staff and misuse of government funds. how much money is involved, we don't really know. one official telling us it's not an insignificant amounts. somewhere in the thousands by all accounts but we really don't know how much. the findings are with defense secretary panetta. and panetta has to determine whether to demote him back down to a three star and have him retire at that lower rank. it has happened before that p
general william "kip" ward is accused of spending pentagon money on inappropriate travel expenses. among other things, barbara starr joining me live. this is a big deal, a four-star general. you would think there would be a serious microscope, especially since he sort of answers directly to the sec-def on this. >> reporter: kip ward formally retired last year as the head of africa command. went through the whole ceremony, was wished the best but never really left. this...
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reporting on that news from the pentagon and also, breaking news in sudan. a team of marines is now en route to the cal tall, khartoum. they are going to defend the embassy. the scene spread beyond the u.s. embassy, mobs attacked the british and german embassies and sudan was one of my countries as violence spread around the world today. the uprisings from spread from morocco to india. we saw protests, i mean, this is incredible to see tunisia, iraq, iran, israel and protests also spread to a country not on the map indonesia. some of the protests were peaceful like in vorden, where they burned the american flag, but did not resort to violence, but people were killed elsewhere. this is the live scene in cairo tonight. they've tried to get them to go away from the u.s. embassy. as you can see right here, this is a group of people near the u.s. embassy. still there tonight as they continue to be there day in and day out as the rage continues to spread. in libya, the remains of four americans kill during the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi returned to t
reporting on that news from the pentagon and also, breaking news in sudan. a team of marines is now en route to the cal tall, khartoum. they are going to defend the embassy. the scene spread beyond the u.s. embassy, mobs attacked the british and german embassies and sudan was one of my countries as violence spread around the world today. the uprisings from spread from morocco to india. we saw protests, i mean, this is incredible to see tunisia, iraq, iran, israel and protests also spread to a...
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out front tonight, barbara starr, pentagon correspondent. this is a new front. drones themselves have changed the entire way this country will fight war forevermore but let's start with the bioswimmer. what can it do? >> reporter: well, this is a very interesting project that was actually funded by the department of homeland security to basically -- it takes the shape of a tuna because tuna can maneuver in the water, they can get into small places, and the idea is if you could put sensors on this, cameras, acoustics, radar, whatever, you could put this kind of device into u.s. bombers, maybe to go through shipwrecks, maybe to go through underground debris, maybe just to keep watch for potential terrorist attacks on u.s. ports. the whole idea with all of these programs is that nature really is, you know, the best way. there's a good lesson to be learned here. these are devices that can move as they do in nature like a tuna. tuna is pretty good at getting through the tight spots under water. >> when you think about just under water, simple things, 90% of the world
out front tonight, barbara starr, pentagon correspondent. this is a new front. drones themselves have changed the entire way this country will fight war forevermore but let's start with the bioswimmer. what can it do? >> reporter: well, this is a very interesting project that was actually funded by the department of homeland security to basically -- it takes the shape of a tuna because tuna can maneuver in the water, they can get into small places, and the idea is if you could put sensors...
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leme ask you what the reaction is from the pentagon and what you can tell us about its authenticity. >> good evening. a senior pentagon official calls the video disgusting, said it turned his stomach, so now, what is happening is the marine corp. is launching an investigation. they want to nail this down as fast as they can. who are these people in the video? are they in fact marines? where were they serving? what transpired here and can they bring charges against these people. this is desecration of dead bodies in a war zone. are there charges to be brought, legal action to be taken under the military justice system? >> what can you tell us about what clues there are within the video? >> there are plenty of clues and they may be able to give focus on this very quickly. senior marine i spoke to said, just look at that picture. you see those marines carrying sniper rifles. you see them with very specific helmets on that are very particular to marine sniper teams. shorter front, shorter sides, so the marines could hold their sniper rifles up to their faces when they take a shot. marine
leme ask you what the reaction is from the pentagon and what you can tell us about its authenticity. >> good evening. a senior pentagon official calls the video disgusting, said it turned his stomach, so now, what is happening is the marine corp. is launching an investigation. they want to nail this down as fast as they can. who are these people in the video? are they in fact marines? where were they serving? what transpired here and can they bring charges against these people. this is...
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the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this? some want him to, but -- >> you know, why would the cia have a fire base in benghazi, libya? why was it not better protected? why did we not know that whole base was ringed by al-qaeda related militias and why did this investigation start in the first place because a harassment complaint to the fbi just never goes any way unless it's comarried with another piece of information and we don't have what that other piece of information is, because it's sensitive. and that's why we're asking so many questions. >> and we're going to keep asking them until we get answers and bob, thank you very much for taking the time and suzanne as well. >>> still to come, more on the scandal. just who is paula broadwe
the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this? some want him to, but -- >> you know, why would the cia have a fire base in benghazi, libya? why was it not better protected?...
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"outfront" on the story, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> you don't think she's a little young for the hard stuff? >> washington says she's a killer. >> it's a hollywood spy thriller with as much oscar buzz as it has controversy. "zero dark 30" the story of the hunt for osama bin laden from the oscar winning powerhouse team of katherine bigelow and mark bowe recreates how it all happened, from the female cia analyst who finally figured out where he was hiding to the navy s.e.a.l.s who killed him. >> there are two narratives about the location of osama bin laden. >> reporter: the controversy? the obama administration has faced accusations it gave undeserved access to the film makers. in real life, everyone involved in the hunt for bin laden remains sworn to secrecy. but the film makers say they got firsthand accounts. they just won't say exactly how that happened. >> i think as a reporter you would understand we take protecting our sources and sort of the exact methodology of our sourcing pretty seriously, just in the same way if i asked you how exactly did you source that
"outfront" on the story, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> you don't think she's a little young for the hard stuff? >> washington says she's a killer. >> it's a hollywood spy thriller with as much oscar buzz as it has controversy. "zero dark 30" the story of the hunt for osama bin laden from the oscar winning powerhouse team of katherine bigelow and mark bowe recreates how it all happened, from the female cia analyst who finally figured out where...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> the death of a navy s.e.a.l. and continuing violence in afghanistan has a lot of people in this country asking the question as to whether afghanistan is going to survive when the u.s. leaves or devolve into civil war and whether the security forces in afghanistan are actually going to take over when the united states pulls out its troops next year. i'm going to bring in congressman buck mckeon, chairman of the armed services committee. we talk about this navy s.e.a.l., a member of s.e.a.l. team six, how everyone knows that s.e.a.l. team, very brave men. there have been more than 300 americans killed in afghanistan this year. the taliban is in charge of some parts of the country. al qaeda is still present in parts of the country. is the afghan security force ready? >> i'm not sure they're totally ready yet. there are parts of the country that have been turned over to them, but it's a large country. and remember when we asked for when the commander general asked for troops for the surge to finish the mission in the
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> the death of a navy s.e.a.l. and continuing violence in afghanistan has a lot of people in this country asking the question as to whether afghanistan is going to survive when the u.s. leaves or devolve into civil war and whether the security forces in afghanistan are actually going to take over when the united states pulls out its troops next year. i'm going to bring in congressman buck mckeon, chairman of the armed services committee. we talk about...
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barbara starr is at the pentagon. you've been breaking this. tell us what you're learning tonight about david petraeus' testimony on benghazi. >> i've spoken to a source close to petraeus, directly familiar with petraeus' thinking on this matter. petraeus, we are told, wants to go to the hill, set the record straight and tell everything he knows. he will start by saying indeed that he knew almost immediately after that it was ansar al sharia, but there was also confusion. he had about 20 intelligence reports linking the attacks to that video, that anti-islamic video. those reports were disproven, but not until after he had briefed capitol hill. all of this took some time to sort out. that's what he wants to lay out tomorrow. >> and barbara, if he knew, and i know you're saying there were conflicting reports, which we have heard before, but if he knew and he's going to say he knew almost immediately it was the work of an al qaeda link ed militia, can he explain why susan right went on five talk shows and was very clear? >> the way it's going to
barbara starr is at the pentagon. you've been breaking this. tell us what you're learning tonight about david petraeus' testimony on benghazi. >> i've spoken to a source close to petraeus, directly familiar with petraeus' thinking on this matter. petraeus, we are told, wants to go to the hill, set the record straight and tell everything he knows. he will start by saying indeed that he knew almost immediately after that it was ansar al sharia, but there was also confusion. he had about 20...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, the latest in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman was in court today. did he gain or lose any ground in his case? >>> also, will william and kate have a boy or girl? how that information could be worth thousands of dollars, believe it or not. >>> also we take you back to oregon where there's an active shooter in a mall outside of portland. the details on that in just a moment. plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save $1 visit alka-seltzer on facebook. aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, h
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> "outfront" next, the latest in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman was in court today. did he gain or lose any ground in his case? >>> also, will william and kate have a boy or girl? how that information could be worth thousands of dollars, believe it or not. >>> also we take you back to oregon where there's an active shooter in a mall outside of portland. the details on that in just a moment. plus presents the...
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he wants to see the cia and the pentagon tighten up the rules a little bit, make sure they're following the rules, make sure that these people aren't getting -- movie makers aren't getting into classified meetings, meeting people they're not really supposed to meet because they're undercover. >> thanks very much to barbara starr. interesting movie that gets a whole lot of discussion, controversial and otherwise. >>> president obama is planning to shake up his diplomats heading into his second term. our view. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your
he wants to see the cia and the pentagon tighten up the rules a little bit, make sure they're following the rules, make sure that these people aren't getting -- movie makers aren't getting into classified meetings, meeting people they're not really supposed to meet because they're undercover. >> thanks very much to barbara starr. interesting movie that gets a whole lot of discussion, controversial and otherwise. >>> president obama is planning to shake up his diplomats heading...